Stamkos returned to the ice pretty quickly. Lightning head coach Jon Cooper said that the captain will start as usual for the team’s Game 4 against the Washington Capitals on Thursday night.

Steven Stamkos is fine and the Lightning should have the same lineup for Game 4 as they had in Game 3. Jon Cooper said he liked the weight J.T. Miller added to the 3rd line with Anthony Cirelli. He likes Miller's versatility to play on any line, similar to Ondrej Palat, he said.